Wu Renlin, the brother-in-law of director Li Ruijun, was born in 67 and is forty-two this year, although the time is ten years earlier, but in Sun Yi's opinion, his current person is almost no different from the image in the movie in his previous life.

The washed cotton jacket with some faded color, the wind and frost on his face, the knife-like wrinkles on his forehead, the slightly restrained smile, and the rough feeling that can only grow in the soil, are simply the representatives of the hard-working peasants of the moment.

Li Ruijun pulled his brother-in-law over and briefly introduced Sun Yi.

This simple northwest man, after hearing Sun Yi's identity, couldn't hide his excitement, but he didn't say any gorgeous words, just blindly thanked Sun Yi for taking care of Li Ruijun, and then nodded and smiled while handing Sun Yi a cigarette.

Sun Yi took it with a smile and ordered it directly.

"Ahem."

It's a lot of energy.

The uncle-in-law was a little embarrassed, and Sun Yi hurriedly waved his hand and explained that he was about to quit smoking recently, and he hadn't smoked much for a long time.

This made the face of the Northwest man a little more natural.

Then Sun Yi gently sipped a cigarette and chatted with his uncle-in-law about the recent harvest in the field.

When it comes to farm work, the uncle's face has regained his self-confidence, and he has spoken a lot.

Sun Yi doesn't know much about farm work at all, but he knows how to deal with people, and at this time, as long as he is a listener, he can make his uncle-in-law open the conversation.

In addition, Li Ruijun interjected two sentences from time to time on the side, and after a while, they became familiar with each other.

Sun Yi saw that it was almost over, so he simply asked:

"Uncle, are you interested in acting in a movie?"

Wu Renlin didn't react, and looked at his eldest nephew Li Ruijun for help.

"It's similar to TV, after the show, the audience across the country will be able to see you on TV." Li Ruijun explained it in a popular way.

Wu Renlin blinked, his face instantly turned red, and he said incoherently:

"Go on, go on TV, oh yes, no, no, no, I'm just a farmer, how can I be on TV."

Sun Yi explained with a smile: "Uncle, don't worry, you don't have to do anything, we will shoot you farming." ”

"I, I, I can't do this."

Wu Renlin still refused, and Sun Yi also understood in his heart that it was difficult for an authentic farmer who had been rooted in the soil for half his life to take the first step towards acting in a movie.

In his previous life, it is estimated that Li Ruijun really couldn't find a regular actor, so he had no choice but to use his uncle, after all, you can know the subject matter of this movie at a glance, and the filming conditions will definitely be very difficult.

Sun Yi persuaded him for a long time, but he didn't persuade him, and finally even used a small threat involving the future of his eldest nephew to make Wu Renlin shake slightly, but in the end he still didn't agree, and even said that he couldn't do it, for fear of delaying their big event.

There is no way, Sun Yi is not good to force it anymore, after all, the strong twisted melon is not sweet.

The matter of the actor was put on hold for the first time.

Sun Yi stayed at Li Ruijun's house for two days, during which he took the photographer Liu Jun and followed Li Ruijun around the entire village, including the county seat, collecting wind and shooting video records, and setting several shooting scenes.

The shooting plan of the whole movie was also released under Li Ruijun's revision.

After that, Sun Yi returned to the capital and began to ponder the specific hero and heroine, the male protagonist He directly contacted Mr. Li Xuejian, and for the heroine, he officially issued an external invitation announcement through the company.

This is the first time that Sun Yi, as a director, has recruited actresses.

But there are also a lot of troubles, not that there are no people, but too many.

The Cannes Palme d'Or director chose the heroine, and the effect was really extraordinary, and a number of domestic first-line actors, either through their agents, or through the company, and even more powerful calls directly called Sun Yi himself, and expressed their interest in this movie.

Those second-tier ones don't need to be mentioned, let's just say that the current top domestic first-line actresses, Zhang Ziyi, Fan Bingbing, and even Zhao Wei have shown strong ideas about Sun Yi's movies, even if Sun Yi said here, the filming conditions are very difficult and the time span is relatively long, so no one quits.

Sun Yi pondered.

Fan Bingbing is not very good, he is the same way as his daughter-in-law, he is too beautiful, and he can't play the feeling of a rural woman at all, as for Zhao Wei, his eyes are too big, not too suitable.

As for Zhang Ziyi, his appearance is quite consistent with his acting skills, but he is a little afraid of the small vinegar jar at home.

There are many more women.

It's so hard!

For a while, Sun Yi fell into a difficult choice, and there was a feeling of opening a harem.

didn't wait for him to be proud for two days, the heroine here has not yet been decided, and the originally determined male protagonist has a problem again, and Mr. Tian Zhuang suddenly appeared in place of Mr. Li Xuejian and rejected Sun Yi.

Speaking of which, Mr. Li Xuejian really wanted to cooperate with Sun Yi again, and he himself agreed, but when Lao Tiantou learned about it, he suddenly jumped out and inserted a bar.

In his words, Lao Li has just had throat cancer surgery, and he has only been resting for less than three months, you have such a difficult shooting environment, and you have to do farm work in person, if something happens, can you afford it?

The two are cousins, and they move around a lot in private, and when they learned about Sun Yi's movie, they immediately called Sun Yi and scolded him.

At first, Sun Yi was a little inexplicable.

Is this old man crazy, what kind of life is out of harmony?

Later, after listening to the explanation, I realized that I didn't think about it.

Teacher Li Xuejian went for surgery after filming "Untouchable" in the middle of the year, strictly speaking, he is still in the recovery period of surgery, and his body is not as good as before.

And with the temperament of an old artist like him, he must be hands-on for the scenes in the movie, and he can do as much as possible without a stand-in.

There are so many farm jobs in the movie, sowing, weeding, ploughing, chopping wood, beating mud embryos, etc., not to mention all of them, but more than 70% of them need to be performed by the actors themselves.

If this shooting intensity is followed, there is indeed a great risk to the old man's body.

For the sake of the old man's body, Sun Yi rejected the idea of this cooperation, and for his own negligence, he deliberately persuaded the old man.

"Teacher Li, I'm really sorry, I didn't know about your physical condition in advance, if I had known, I wouldn't have sent you this invitation."

Li Xuejian knew his body, and he was also quite regretful, he originally planned to hold on to this drama as well.

"Director Xiao Sun, I won't tell you. I've been acting for so many years.,I don't know how many books I've seen.,But this book is really good.,I really want to act.,But this body.,Alas.。 ”

Teacher Li Xuejian secretly promised to come down before, and then his wife knew, and the persuasion was fruitless, so he contacted Tian Zhuang in desperation, and today Tian Zhuang also followed, seeing that Li Xuejian couldn't put down the book, he still didn't want to give up, and persuaded directly:

"Xue Jian, there are a lot of good books, you are still focusing on your body now, and when you take care of your body, everything is easy to say."

As he spoke, he pointed to Sun Yi and got off the task.

"This kid is gone, he has a lot of good books in his company, don't worry, he is my student, I will ask him to arrange one for you at that time."

Old man, you are so generous, feelings are not your family.

Sun Yi was speechless, but looking at Teacher Li Xuejian's slightly hopeful gaze, he still agreed.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Li, don't worry, when your body is well, I can't wait to work with an old-timer like you."

Li Xuejian is not young this year, he has been an actor all his life, and now he has cancer, he doesn't know if he can succeed in fighting cancer in the future, so he has nothing else to pursue at the moment, so he wants to act in a few more good plays in the rest of his time to bring to the audience.

Sun Yi's promise relieved him.

After sitting for a while, he left Mr. Li's house with Lao Tiantou.

Sun Yi pondered the actor again in his mind, and suddenly had an idea.

"Mr. Tian, you mixed my male protagonist yellow, don't you have to think of a way?"

"What does it have to do with me, you are the director, I am the director."

"Or, look at this, you can play a male lead for me." Sun Yi smiled.

He hit Tian Zhuang with his idea, Lao Tiantou's appearance is absolutely fine, with gray hair and a bitter face.

"Get out of the way, I, what am I playing, I still have to take the students." Tian Zhuangyi refused verbally, and then quickened his pace, and the person disappeared in a few steps.

It is estimated that he can't let go of his son, and he refuses to play the male lead for his students.

Sun Yi looked helpless, returned to the company and thought about it, and arranged for someone to contact Chen Baoguo, his acting skills in the play "Old Farmer" were still remarkable, but he was politely rejected again, because he had no schedule and was filming "Teahouse".

Damn,It's so hard to find a male owner.。

Sun Yi suddenly felt that this world was full of malice, and in a fit of anger, he stopped looking for it, called Li Ruijun directly, and said to him in an ordered tone:

"Ruijun, the actor will be your uncle."

Li Ruijun on the other side of the phone looked confused.

"Huh? Sun, Mr. Sun, my uncle-in-law really hasn't acted in a movie. ”

"No one is born with a movie, as a director, I think your uncle, he fits the role. You are now the assistant director, I will arrange a task for you, you are responsible for your uncle's matter, he has to act if he doesn't act, I will take a fancy to him, the male protagonist of this movie will set him, that's all, wait for your good news, hang up. ”

After speaking, Sun Yi hung up the phone, he believed that as long as he put some pressure on Li Ruijun, he would definitely be able to convince his uncle.

Sure enough, two days later, good news came from Li Ruijun's side and he took it.

The twisted melon is indeed not sweet, but it quenches your thirst.

The male protagonist got it, and just when Sun Yi began to think about the heroine, he suddenly received a call from Guo Ming, the director of operations.

"Wait, Lao Guo, who did you just say you want to play?"

"Gong Li !??"

PS: I wish you all a happy new year, all the best, and a prosperous Year of the Dragon.

(End of chapter)